M. C. Ray1, L. Dong2, S. N. Atluri3
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.111, No.5, pp. 437-471, 2016, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2016.111.437
Abstract This paper is concerned with the development of new simple 4-noded locking-alleviated smart finite elements for modeling the smart composite beams. The exact solutions for the static responses of the overall smart composite beams are also derived for authenticating the new smart finite elements. The overall smart composite beam is composed of a laminated substrate conventional composite beam, and a piezoelectric layer attached at the top surface of the substrate beam. The piezoelectric layer acts as the actuator layer of the smart beam. Alternate finite element models of the beams, based on an "equivalent single… More >
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